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Had a great opening tonight with some traditional
Japanese food. Many thanks to gallery Director
Kaname and his wife Yoriko Matsumra for inviting
me to exhibit and for their hospitality.

2nd October 2017

Art Spot Korin is a lovely gallery in the old
district of Kyoto. Installing the exhibition today
on two floors, and the top floor has beautiful old
beams. Great to have some help from Masahiro
Kawanaka the curator.

29th September 2017

Heading off to Tokyo and on to Kyoto for my
exhibition and afterwards a little travelling.
Will post some images later.

10th June 2017

I've been making more and more ceramic stones.
Luckily the more I make, the slightly better I get
at it each time.

10th May 2017

Printmaking at Dundee Contemporary Arts has become
a new interest, and I am sure that some of the
work I'm doing now will be in my next exhibition.
There are so many techniques to learn and I have
mainly been screen printing and photo etching so
far, but it is quite addictive!

5th April 2017

I am happy to now be a part of Lateral Lab Ltd, a
charitable arts trust, and have taken on the role
of Treasurer too.

20th March 2017

The Hope Scott Trust have just awarded me a grant
to help with my exhibition in Japan and I will
also now be going out to install it and for the
opening so really looking forward to that.

1st February 2017

I will be having an exhibition at Art Spot Korin,
in Kyoto, Japan from 3rd October - 22nd October
this year, so lots to do over the next few months!

14th December 2016

I have been lucky enough to have time over
the last few months to experiment in the
studio with a view to making new work for
a future solo exhibition. This has
resulted in a move towards making. Using
found natural materials such as the Pappus
from the Creeping Thistle plant I have
been constructing an 'indoor landscape'
with the Pappus and muslin cloth.

20th March 2016

I have just returned from my second research
trip to Iceland. I got the chance to be in and
on some of the earth's most amazing natural
spaces. I experienced two of the most
interesting and wild black sand beaches at
Jokulsarlon and Reynishverfi. The glaciers are
incredibly beautiful but sadly as our guide
explained, receding up the mountain year by
year, as can be seen here in the bottom right
image.

28th
February 2016

I have been awarded a FCAC visual artist's
grant to create a new body of work over the
next year, so I am looking forward to
experimenting and taking my work in a new
direction and moving forward from painting.

14th January 2016

The late Robert
Callender's work is exhibited really well in
the A2B publication. This
retrospective collection
contains a number of pieces. Among them,
prints, and a film about his work, which shows
the time involved collecting and creating as
well as his inherent connection to the sea and
the natural environment. I certainly find the
art of making so important and have found it
to be quite a cathartic process.

16th September 2015

Moving into the Sea
Loft Studio in Kinghorn today. This is the
converted cinema overlooking the beach in
Kinghorn where Elizabeth Ogilvie lives and
works. Looking forward to working where
light and space are in abundance and
connecting with other artists locally and
internationally.

29th July 2015

As an installation assistant to the New York
artist Tara Donovan, I was helping to
install her exhibit in the ballroom
in Bonnington House at Jupiter Artland. This
was part of the Edinburgh International
Festival and was also her first time
exhibiting in the UK. It was extremely hard
work, my knees are still sore! It was
interesting to see how to put together
something intricate but on a large scale.

Just attended the opening of the Fire Station
Creative in Dunfermline last night. It has an
interesting new exhibition space with some
good studio spaces above. Ian Moir has done an
amazing job getting this off the ground in
Fife and John Byrne was there to open it.

22nd May 2015

I've been doing a lot of video work and
photography at the moment. Some other worldly
images coming out of this exploration.

30th January 2015

There is some of my work in the Quay gallery
in Aberdour just now. It has just re-opened
after a winter break.

5th December 2014

I have work in the PVAF exhibition 'Endings' ,
opening tonight. Come along to Strathearn
Artspace, Crieff and see a mix of work. On
until 23rd January 2015.

1st December, 2014

New painting of inside an ice tunnel, inspired
by my trip to Iceland. Interior natural
spaces fascinate me and you do feel closer to
the earth in these extreme natural
environments.